Bill Maher Defends Matt Damon From the ‘Woke Police,' Of Course

Bill Maher came to Matt Damon’s defense and trotted out all the of the usual talking points about the “woke police,” and how Damon “f*cked Liberace” in a movie, so surely he can’t be homophobic. (Mediaite)

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez gear up for Ben’s 49th birthday this weekend with a martial arts training session. (Lainey Gossip)

Horatio Sanz has been accused of grooming and sexually assaulting a minor at a Saturday Night Live cast party. (Dlisted)

Halle Berry gets real about her career, and how she totally gets that streaming movies at home is where the people are at, which is why she sold her latest indie to Netflix. (Celebitchy)

From Roxana: Wowza.

thinking a lot about these headshots of jennifer coolidge pic.twitter.com/MxSBo5iR42

— Anya Volz (@AnyaVolz) August 10, 2021

In the newest issue of the Gossip Reading Club, Kayleigh offers a brief history of People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive issue. (Gossip Reading Club)

From James: Demolition Man continues to prove prophetic. (IGN)

From Roxana: There is a massive nursing shortage in this country right now and shame on this hospital. (Daily Beast)

From Claude:

this can’t end well. i mean, it’s not a milkshake but this duck is from boston pic.twitter.com/3KzmWa4gzk

— Kacricon Coleman Cooler (@cinco_bajeena) August 13, 2021

Unlike her son, Quentin Tarantino’s mom took the high road when asked to comment on his “vow” to never give her a penny of his money because she yelled at him for writing during school once. (AV Club)

It’s going to be a bit until we see Noah Hawley’s Alien series, which will add political themes that were totally not there from the very beginning. It was about aliens and nothing else! Please know this is sarcasm, for the love of God. (Deadline)

Bar Rescue host Jon Taffer tried to walk back his ass-stupid remarks about how we should be treating workers like hungry military dogs. Needless to say, his apology fell short. (Variety)

Have you ever considered trying aerial acrobatics? Mobius_Walker, an aerialist himself, liked the precise way Dara Minkin combines explanations and photography in Proximal: An Introduction to Aerial Theory. "Minkin has broken down a series of movements and skills in a progression from beginner to more advanced with the hopes that the reader will be able to understand the theory behind aerial arts..to know exactly what is happening in the air rather than simply memorize a series of moves. (Cannonball Read 13)

From Tori:

David Dastmalchian adopted a stray cat who approached him during the filming of The Suicide Squad in Panama, and costume designer Judiana Makovsky sewed a little Polka Dot Man outfit for the cat, named Bubblegum. pic.twitter.com/WfyigTj8eV

— Samantha Barber (@gynoidprincess) August 13, 2021